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ADC 1002

Modification to eDAASINQ to include Special COMMRI

1. ORIGINATING SERVICE/AGENCY AND POC INFORMATION: 

a. Technical POC: Debra Cline, NAVSUP Business Systems Center, DSN 430-8221

b. Functional POC: Emily Burt-Hedrick, NAVSUP N63, DSN 430-7513

2. FUNCTIONAL AREA: DoDAAD

3. REFERENCES: None

4. REQUESTED CHANGES: 

a. Brief overview of changes: This change modifies eDAASINQ to add display of the 

Special (Communications Routing Identifier) COMMRI, so that both Data Pattern (DP) and 

Special (SP) COMMRIs will be displayed in the query results. Comments to staffing of PDC 

1002 are on page 3. 

b. Background: United States Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) personnel 

frequently use the DLA Transaction Services eDAASINQ web query to validate and to identify 

DoD Activity Address Codes (DoDAAC), Routing Identifier Codes (RIC), Military Assistance 

Program Address Codes (MAPAC) and Distribution codes found in logistics transactions and to 

identify the COMMRI used for the organization. COMMRIs are the “mail boxes” to which DLA 

Transaction Services routes logistics transactions. Each DODAAC, RIC or Distribution Code 

may have one or two COMMRIs, including the DP or main COMMRI and the SP, secondary 

COMMRI. Having two different COMMRIs allows the transactions for a specific organization 

to be routed to two separate “mail boxes” or receiving systems. Currently, eDAASINQ query 

displays only the Data Pattern COMMRI.

c. Intent of the change: The eDAASINQ query is used frequently by NAVSUP analysts 

to set up, diagnose and re-configure communications channels for Navy supply and logistics 

transactions.

d. Scenario for which this process is used: NAVSUP systems analysts frequently obtain 

both Data Pattern and Special COMMRI data for Navy organizations in order to insure that 

logistics routing is set up correctly. Implementation of Navy Enterprise Resource Planning 

(ERP) and retirement of legacy systems requires knowledge of the current Data Pattern and 

Special COMMRIs for Navy customer organizations, so that DLA Transaction Services routing 

can be correctly configured or reconfigured for each implementation. 

e. Procedures, transactions, data elements, processing details in use today: Currently 

Navy systems analysts must request special customer data extracts from DLA Transaction 

Services in order to obtain the Special COMMRIs for large numbers of Navy DODAACs, RICs 

and Distribution Codes. If the eDAASINQ query were modified to return both Data Pattern and 
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Special COMMRIs, Navy systems analysts could extract these codes themselves using the 

existing queries, thus saving DLA Transactions Services a great deal of time.

f. Requested change in detail: Change the eDAASINQ query application to add 

display of the SP_COMMRI (Special) field as well as the DP_COMMRI (Data Pattern) field for 

each RIC, DODAAC and Distribution code; return both the Data Pattern and Special COMMRIs 

on the query results screen and the associated download file with the query result screen (if 

requested). Staffing Note: Army provided feedback and reported SP_COMMRI not used in 

Army DoDAAD query application. Air Force did not provide a comment on the 

applicability to their DoDAAD query application.

g. Alternatives: The only alternative apparent is for Navy analysts to continue to ask 

DLA Transaction Services to pull special queries for DODAACs, RICS or Distribution Codes. 

This will continue to be labor-intensive for DLA Transaction Services and for Navy.

5. REASON FOR CHANGE: It will be easier and less costly for Navy to pull its own 

eDAASINQ queries of Data Pattern and Special COMMRIs when needed, without requiring 

DLA Transaction Services to perform a special query.

6. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES:

a. Advantages (tangible/intangible): Reduces workload for DLA Transactions Services 

to meet Navy analysts’ requirements. This enhanced query may be useful to all users of the 

eDAASINQ query.

b. Disadvantages: None noted.

7. ESTIMATED TIME LINE/IMPLEMENTATION TARGET: As soon as possible.

8. ESTIMATED SAVINGS/COST AVOIDANCE ASSOCIATED WITH 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CHANGE: Unknown. However, Navy has requested special 

queries from DLA Transaction Services multiple times in the last year and each one takes DLA 

Transaction Services several days to complete. Navy is unable to state the amount of time that 

DLA Transaction Services must spend on each query.

9. IMPACT: Systems changes to the DLA Transaction Services eDAASINQ application 

will be needed. 
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10. COMMENTS RESOLUTION:

Organization Comment Disposition

DSS DSS concurs with the proposal without comment. Noted.

DeCA DeCA concurs with modifications with no comment. Noted.

DLA Transaction 

Services

DLA Transaction Services concurs. Noted.

Navy

NAVY concurs with modification of eDAASINQ to 

include display of Special COMMRI. Noted.

Army PDC doesn't affect Army in any way because we do 

not use Special COMMRIs, however, we concur

with comment to look into removal of PLAD

COMMRI.

Researching if 

PLAD is used by 

any Component

before removal 

can be considered.

DLMS Change 

Proposal will be 

required.